After completing the project and wearing the dress, Castlebury shared her idea on Facebook. It has since been shared almost 60,000 times.

Many people said the idea was brilliant and the dress was a great keepsake.

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Castlebury said she has been overwhelmed by all of the positive responses to her idea.

Sha'Ree Castlebury

"I am so honored by the amount of messages and emails and love sent my way of support and encouragement," she said. "I had no idea my idea would ever leave my Facebook page when I was posting it. I thought it was another day just showing everyone how proud of my class I was."

She said she now plans to make the dress every year.

"I will also be wearing it to the first day of school and open house the next year from the previous class to show the new set of learners how precious I think they are," she said. "I know it will make them feel welcome."

Stephanie McNeal is a social news editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.